What’s New(s) @ Good Neighbor?
Seeking Resident Volunteer/s
Good Neighbor Waco, a Christian non-profit organization, is seeking singles or married couples to serve an average of 7-10 hours per week in exchange for partially subsidized rent (no children or pets). Resident volunteers live in adjacent buildings; each resident...
Being Good Neighbors
When we hear the word or think about the idea of “neighbor,” in how many ways and contexts can we define this word or idea? How many ways might we be a neighbor or part of a neighborhood? And how many ways might we be “good neighbors”? The answers to these questions...
Sarah Introduces Sarah
Hello. I am Sarah Flores, Good Neighbor House’s Public Relations and Social Media Intern. for the Spring of 2021. Over the next few months, I'll be writing and coordinating our social media presence and sharing blog posts at least weekly. This week, I will start...
(Re)Launching Our Blog
Good Neighbor House has been closed to the public since early March 2020, as we have been adapting to the reality of the COVID-19 pandemic. For us, this has meant that the positive and productive activities and events that kept us busy–hosting parties and meetings,...
Inaugural Free Women’s Dance Class
Tracey led a fantastic dance class event on Thursday night. We learned steps and moves to great music and rhythms. The event was prepared for all dance levels. My favorite was the cha-cha! Bottom Line? It was relaxing and fun. -from GNH board member Barbara...
Reflections from a settler: “Small Moments of Purposeful Interaction”
I was eager to not let opportunities for connections to be missed or to become too busy with my own concerns to overlook the reason for my placement at the house, which was the community. My time at the Good Neighbor House feels most like a combination of small moments of purposeful interaction, trying my best to make each interaction matter rather than get lost in the abstract of what we were hoping to accomplish.
Update on Using GNH for your party or event
The Good Neighbor House is available for use by community groups, classes, informal gatherings of friends, book clubs, prayer meetings - just about anything you can imagine! Write us at info@goodneighborwaco.org or call 254-716-3079 with the date and time range of...
Group Spotlight: The Heart of Texas Storyteller’s Guild
On Saturday, April 13th from 3:00pm-5:00 p.m., the Heart of Texas Storytelling Guild will present the inaugural Porch Tales: Backyard Neighborhood Story Telling event! For this first event the Storytelling Guild is inviting Consuelo Samarippa, a master storyteller,...
The Mighty Oak
In the backyard of the Good Neighbor house, there is a tiny sapling planted into the ground. It stands across from a much larger, older tree —a constant reminder of what it may someday become. This sapling doesn’t look like much, and it’s not. There’s nothing...
5 Ways to be a Good Neighbor
The poet John Donne once said that “no man is an island” and yet we have found ourselves living increasingly isolated lives. On a national scale, we are witnessing communities hunkering down and drawing lines in the sand, often refusing to engage with anyone outside...